http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/social?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "social" on Netvouz http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ Awesome Library organizes the Web with 28,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education. Technology jgordon Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:34:26 GMT http://www.brainpop.com/ This is an excellent website for LEP/ELL students! It provides great short vignettes across the disciplines. Each clip gives an informative overview of the event. Students can watch these two minute clips and then it can lead to either a class discussion, a reading, or written assignments. This is an excellent website for LEP/ELL students! It provides great short vignettes regarding specific historical events. Each clip gives an informative overview of the event. Students can watch these two minutes clips and then it can lead to either a class discussion or a written assignment. It is a great way to introduce students to a topic. Rec. by Lynn Comer-Jaworski Teacher Resources > Videos Virtual Fieldtrips & Interactive Sites jgordon Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:20:41 GMT http://www.help4teachers.com/samples2.htm These lesson plans were created by teachers from around the globe. Feel free to browse, borrow and adapt as needed!! If you've made Layered Curriculum unit sheets for any discipline or grade level, please send them to share. (Email them to kathie@brains.org) Differentiated Instruction jgordon Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:46:01 GMT http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm Interactive websites provide standards-based cross curricular web resources designed to enhance online learning opportunities. These sites interact with the user usually through either a text-based or graphical user interface. Includes links to all content areas. Technology jgordon Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:09:47 GMT http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ National Geographic Kids is a site that offers great pictures, games, and information about peoples and animals of the world. Literacy > Storytime: Diverse Modalities jgordon Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:33:31 GMT http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=9026&r=sb060719 This book by Brad Buhrow and Anne Upczak Garcia is an engaging and vital resource for teachers endeavoring to address the needs not just of ELLs, but of all students in today's increasingly diverse schools. Highly rec. by Nancy Commins. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:02:53 GMT http://larryferlazzo.com/index.html The English page will lead you to thousands of activities appropriate for English Language Learners or for young children who are native English-speakers and are just learning to read. These include Social Studies, Math and Science activities specifically for English Language Learners. The other sites listed under "Subjects" on this page have links more appropriate to native English speakers. Technology jgordon Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:37:22 GMT http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/intro.html ReadingQuest challenges you to think about what students should know or be able to do and, perhaps more importantly, what it looks like when they are engaging the content towards the purpose of that lesson. While designed with social studies in mind, teachers of any content area can find the strategies and the process useful and helpful. Links to great reading strategies. Social Studies jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:32:31 GMT http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ Blue Web’n is an online library of outstanding internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources.tutorials, activities, projects). Blue Web’n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites. Sites are hand-picked and are among the most useful for classroom or instructional use. Rec. by Barbara Tolan Science and Math jgordon Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:07:20 GMT http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ Blue Web’n is an online library of outstanding internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources.tutorials, activities, projects). Blue Web’n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites. Sites are hand-picked and are among the most useful for classroom or instructional use. Rec. by Barbara Tolan Teacher Resources > Lesson Planning jgordon Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:09:34 GMT